Milwaukee police said the Robert Johnson's death is considered a homicide.

Officers responded to a car crash a few blocks from Johnson's house Thursday night.

Police said Friday that the woman driving the car ran from the scene. The car was registered to Johnson, so officers went to the house near 58th and Hadley streets, and found forced entry to the home through a window.

That is when they found Johnson's body, police said.

The woman is described as a black female in her 20s, 5-feet 8-inches tall and 170 pounds wearing a tan shirt and blue shorts.

"I've driven down the street, and I've seen him out in the yard or walking into or out of the house. Very surprising," neighbor Paul Heintz said.

But Heintz said crime in the area is a growing concern.

"I was robbed at gunpoint, you know, walking back from the corner market about six, eight months ago. So it's generally quiet, but sometimes there's problems," Heintz said.

One neighbor told WISN 12 News reporter Terry Sater she's known the victim for 30 years, and she's struggling to understand who'd want to kill him.

AN 84-YEAR OLD MAN IS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS MILWAUKEE HOME... TONIGHT POLICE ARE SAYING IT'S A MURDER. WISN 12 NEWS' TERRY SATER IS LIVE AT 58TH AND HADLEY. TERRY... YOU'VE LEARNED THERE ARE TWO CRIME SCENES. HERE AT THE HOUSE--- AND JUST BLOCKS AWAY--- A CAR CRASH.. PART OF THE MYSTERY TONIGHT. NEIGHBOR'S TELL ME THE VICTIM WAS A FRIENDLY OLD MAN WHO COULD OFTEN BE SEEN OUTSIDE HIS HOME SAYING HELLO... CRIME SCENE TAPE.. FLASHING SQUAD LIGHTS .. AN 84 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR KILLED IN HIS HOME. PAUL HEINTZ LIVES CLOSE BY: PAUL HEINTZ/ NEIGHBOR - I'VE DRIVEN DOWN THE STREET AND I'VE SEEN HIM, OUT IN THE YARD OR WALKING INTO OR OUT OF THE HOUSE, VERY SURPRISING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HOME INVASION? THE WHY WAS UNCLEAR AS DARKNESS SETTLED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 58TH AND HADLEY: LT. JUSTIN CARLONI - RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING INDIVIDUALS AND TALKING TO FAMILY MEMBERS. MILWAUKEE POLICE LIEUTENANT JUSTIN CARLONI SAYS THERE WAS A SECOND CRIME SCENE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY INVOLVING A CAR ACCIDENT THAT DETECTIVES SAY APPEARS TO BE RELATED.. OFFICERS FOUND THE VICTIM'S BODY AFTER BEING ASKED TO STOP BY HIS HOUSE TO CHECK ON HIM: LT. JUSTIN CARLONI - AND UPON MAKING ENTRY ON THIS WELFARE CHECK, THEY DISCOVERED AN 84 YEAR OLD MALE THAT WAS DECEASED AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE INVESTIGATING IT AS A HOMICIDE. DEVASTATING NEWS FOR THOSE WHO KNEW THE FORMER CITY MAINTENANCE WORKER.. A FATHER.. A MAN NEIGHBORS WERE GLAD TO SAY WAS A FRIEND. BUT SOME SAY CRIME HERE IS A GROWING CONCERN: PAUL HEINTZ/ NEIGHBOR - I WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, YOU KNOW WALKING BACK FROM THE CORNER MARKET ABOUT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS AGO. SO IT'S GENERALLY QUIET, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S PROBLEMS WE KNOW THE VICTIM'S NAME BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY IT UNTIL WE KNOW POLICE HAVE NOTIFIED THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. ONE NEIGHBOR TOLD ME SHE'S KNOWN THE VICTIM FOR THIRTY YEARS.. AND SHE'S STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHO'D WANT TO KILL HIM. LIVE IN MILWAUKEE, TERRY SATER, WISN 12 NEWS. LIVE IN MILWAUKEE, TERRY SATER, WISN 12 NEWS.